Dulles-based Orbital ATK successfully launched a rocket carrying a satellite into space last weekend from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The company said its Minotaur IV space launch vehicle placed into orbit the U.S. Air Force’s Operationally Responsive Space-5 (ORS-5) satellite early Saturday morning.
From its orbit 372 miles (599 kilometers) above the earth, ORS-5 will deliver information to the U.S. Strategic Command through the Joint Space Operations Center.
